2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-21002009000500009
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Qualidade de vida de cuidadores de idosos com doença de Alzheimer

Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate quality of life among caregivers of elders with Alzheimer's disease and to examine the relationship between patients' quality of life score measured with the Katz Quality of Life Index and the relationship between the caregivers' quality of life measured with the SF-36 and depression score measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Methods: This study was conducted in a geriatric clinic (Núcleo de Envelhecimento Cerebral) of the São Paulo Hospital of the Federal University of Sã… Show more

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“…(19) , similar to the present study. The length of time as a caregiver illustrates the chronic character of the disease.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…(19) , similar to the present study. The length of time as a caregiver illustrates the chronic character of the disease.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The observation that the caregivers were mostly middle-aged can be related to the fact that it is culturally implicit in Brazilian society that it falls to the children and spouses to care for the elderly (16) . The higher percentage of women as the main caregiver corroborates other national (11,14,(17)(18) and international (15) studies, both with caregivers of elderly stroke victims and caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's disease (19) . Women have historically played the role of the primary caregiver, even with their entrance into the labor market.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
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